The Roxburghe ballads . YOu Females all give ear, to that which I shall declare,And listen unto my Song,I lovd a young man as fair, to me he past compare, Too much love did me often did vow and protest, that he would be true to me;But now hes forsworn, I scorn for to mourn : Anothers as good as he. 7 The features of his face did yield becoming grace, But his tongue and his heart were first he began to toy, I seemed a little coy. And yet my heart leapt for frollick he was and free, in coaksing and kissing of me,That had he [then] but [the] more me put to t, I had bin a
The Roxburghe ballads . YOu Females all give ear, to that which I shall declare,And listen unto my Song,I lovd a young man as fair, to me he past compare, Too much love did me often did vow and protest, that he would be true to me;But now hes forsworn, I scorn for to mourn : Anothers as good as he. 7 The features of his face did yield becoming grace, But his tongue and his heart were first he began to toy, I seemed a little coy. And yet my heart leapt for frollick he was and free, in coaksing and kissing of me,That had he [then] but [the] more me put to t, I had bin as bad as he. 14 His teeth did appear like pearls, his locks they hung down in curls, May fetter a thousand girls ;His foreheiid is mounted high and whiter than Ivory, This is a brave man, thought lips had a very good smack, his eyes were both bonny and black,Thought I, if I wed, for board or bed, Heres one that will hold me tack. 21 The Forsaken Maids Frolick. 381 When he about me clung, you would think that an An
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